negrecer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin nīgrēscere. By surface analysis, negro + -ecer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /neɡɾeˈθeɾ/ [ne.ɣ̞ɾeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /neɡɾeˈseɾ/ [ne.ɣ̞ɾeˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ne‧gre‧cer
Verb
[edit]negrecer (first-person singular present negrezco, first-person singular preterite negrecí, past participle negrecido)
- to turn black, become black
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of negrecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “negrecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28